A text in Xhosa: Sazi ama-Greek amaninzi epolitiki, abenzululwazi abadali begcisa. Inoba oyena mmtu owaziwayo welixesha ngu-Homer, inkunzi yembongo eyayiyimfama, owabhala iimcwadi ezimbhini ezobona buchule zemibhalo yama-Greek: u-Iliad no-Odyssey.
The same text in Swahili:
Tunawajua wengi wa wanasiasa, wanasayansi na wasanii wa Ugiriki. Yamkini mtu anayejulikana sana katika utamaduni huu ni Homer, malenga wa mashairi aliyekuwa kipofu, aliyebuni tungo mbili bora sana za fasihi ya Kigiriki: mashairi Iliad na Odyssey.